I was supposed to fly to Florida today to be part of a worship conference with my friends…a category 5 hurricane changed those plans. I have been looking forward to this for months! As a 7 on the Enneagram I have some major FOMO but with this change of plans has come a beautiful revelation.
I have learned to be okay with forced rest. .
I’m not afraid I’m missing out on anything that God has for me or our team.
I will spend this week preparing for what God has entrusted to me in the coming days and weeks and months.
I’ll climb a mountain today with my family. .
I’ll probably get some new Nikes. Maybe a new tutu skirt. I love a good Labor Day Sale. .
Religion says you have to DO to EARN. Be accomplished for more opportunity. Run to win. Climb to succeed. You have to wear yourself out to earn your stripes. Fly into a hurricane to prove your loyalty. .
But God says just come with me, talk with me, walk near me and I will show you how I do things in this upside down Kingdom where more ministry can be done on a hike with your kids than in front of thousands. Because that’s how He works, those are His rhythms in seasons we don’t know we need rest. .
Disappointment often leads me to submission to trust that God knows what I need when I need it. To ride the waves rather than to fight them. To dance to His rhythms rather than dance to the beat of my own drum- which is usually off tempo if I’m honest 💁🏻♀️
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It’s these rhythms of grace that sing over us that it’s not about what we DO but whose we are. This is the secret to not burning out, wearing out or breaking down. .
I am enough even at rest. He still sings over me at rest. He still fights for me at rest. He is proud of me at rest. .
Today I will rest. His love for us is so loud in this place.
. “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
Matthew 11:28-30
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